If you’ve had a bladder infection, you know that pain can be all-consuming during the acute stage. Bladder infections are very common in women.
One in five American women will have at least one urinary tract infection in her life. Of those, 20% will have another; 30% of those will have a third. An astounding 80% women who have had 3 bladder infections will have a 4th.
Some of these women go onto to develop a condition called “chronic UTI” where they relapse into a full blown bladder infection every few weeks. Urinary problems in men are less common, but when they occur, they are usually tied to prostate problems.
Urinary symptoms to watch for:
* urgent, burning, painful, frequent urination, especially at night
* foul-smelling, cloudy or bloody urine
* urination pain accompanied with lower back and abdomen pain and pressure
* nausea, chills and fever
* urethral discharge
